About block 957,196
Bitcoin block 957,196 was mined by SpiderPool on July 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC, 12 min 10 s after block 957,195. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,093 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 957,196 is number 1,613 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 403 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,804 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,412 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.